by Jb Ramos – Throughout my life, I have pushed myself to see what I can achieve. Competing in races and martial arts tournaments helps me build strength because physical challenges teach us that we can push through our own personal barriers or “wall,” by means of physical/mental training, and preparation. So, here I…

by Jb Ramos – Life in the rural outskirts of the Philippines is a setting shared by many regions around the world where people survive on a “day-to-day” basis, earning just enough money to feed themselves and their loved ones. Although to us, their lives may seem…

by Cynthia Cherish Malaran, Nancy Mace and Susan Hannigan – The first time I heard the term “smiling depression” I realized that I had it. Google it when you are done reading this article. Was that really a surprise though? I am an upbeat, positive type, but…

By Cynthia Cherish Malaran and Michael Platania – I have realized many things, working in hospice. One particularly profound realization being that there are really only four ways to die: By accident. By natural causes. By the hands of someone else. And, by your own hands. The…

By Sharie Spironhi – The most crucial part of healing from a divorce is coming to an understanding of what went wrong from your own end, not just so you can be at peace, but mainly so that you don’t make the same mistakes again. With divorce…

By Sharie Spironhi – Um… Why do we kiss? Listen to this, and the next time you kiss, pay a little closer attention. SMOOCH! Kissing. We can look forward it, dread it, crave it, or just tolerate it. Did you ever feel badly that you didn’t get…

By Cynthia Cherish Malaran – I’ve got a secret, productive prayer with which I’m wondering, would you like me to share? It’s so powerful and motivating and it has taken Me everywhere. But you really have to read it and you really have to do it You can’t…

By Susan Hannigan – I volunteer at a non-profit art center that used to be owned by God. Before God got His hands on it, this space served as an art deco movie theater which had to close in 1969 because it couldn’t fill its 3000 seats…

by Jb Ramos – You and I live in a world of convenience. The fast and easy. The quick fix. Our world is a place where we endlessly rely on technological advances in our daily lives—computers, cell phones, microwave ovens, washer/dryers, lawnmowers, vacuums, etc. Food is warmed within seconds instead…

By Cynthia Cherish Malaran – Some days my greatest accomplishment is keeping my mouth shut. Some days my greatest accomplishment is knowing I’ve eaten or said enough. Some days my greatest accomplishment is simply staying afloat. Some days my greatest accomplishment is sharing what I wrote. Some days…

By Susan Hannigan – One of the things no one told me about reaching the age of 45 was there would come a time when I would start to feeling very protective towards almost every woman I meet under the age of 30. You start to see…

by Jb Ramos – Throughout the centuries, many cultures have looked to their hands to find answers to one’s past and destiny—through touch, prayer, meditation and in communicating by gesturing with one another. From the moment we are born, we are given the capability to hold and grasp…

By Marc Stafford Wood – “But where do you get your protein from?” As a plant-based Health Coach, this is hands-down the one question I get asked more than any other. This always makes me laugh a little to myself as I remember the cartoon of a…

By Angel Kuo – I don’t know if this is über-schadenfreude, or more like umgekehrt(reverse)-schadenfreude, because rather than finding pleasure in others’ misfortunes, recently I have been finding pleasure in my own misfortune… It’s getting to the point where giving people the opportunity to do the right thing has…

Healing House Publishing launched on May 7, 2014. It was an appropriate day for a launch, as it was the birthday of our Founder, Cynthia Cherish Malaran. Call it a rebirthday as we start something new, leave behind something old, outweigh the past with the present, use our…

By Cindee Rifkin – I called it the horizontal halt. On a friday morning in March I awoke to my skin on fire, a cold in my bones and all my energy drained from my body. Staying in bed was the only option. There was no way…

By Nancy Helene Mace – I am on the road to recovery from a disaster so sweet that my mind was in a coma for years. I never grew up. I was a child, a frightened child. I used people. I acted out, couldn’t communicate my feelings,…

By Jennie Mustafa-Julock, The Audacity Coach – I love goals, particularly the big, juicy, overly ambitious, impossible-sounding ones. I call these Audacious goals: equal parts off-the-charts exciting and terrifying. The problem arises when the fear gets in the way of you pursuing that scary (but totally badass)…

By Marc Stafford Wood – When you dream of rotten cheese, it is said that disease is imminent and one should be aware of their health. I am here to tell you that if you are eating cheese in an awake state, you are setting yourself up…

By Susan Hannigan – “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore Think of a moment in your life when you seriously wondered how you were going to…

By Cynthia Cherish Malaran – Hiring a Sober Companion is a common practice, especially in the corporate world. I feel people outside of the corporate arena should be made aware of this type of support. People in need of support at functions, events, parties, weddings, etc. while they…

By Alicia Halloran – There is no suffering in love. It seems that statement needs to be repeated each time it is expressed. There is no suffering in love. How do we have this truth in our lives? How do we experience this? This is the essence…

Cycling to Asylum by Su J. Sokol Deux Voiliers Publishing, Montreal, Canada 4.75 heart review by Cynthia Cherish Malaran, Publisher, HHP The reason I absolutely enjoy doing book reviews on fiction works is because I get to go on a journey, and that is exciting for someone like me…

By Cynthia Cherish Malaran – Healing House Publishing’s Plant-Based Health Coach, Marc S. Wood, and I have been having lots of fun making our Naughty Nutrition videos for you! Recently we received a note from one of our lovely viewers, Jennifer in Boulder, CO., asking us for…

By Sharie Spironhi – I have been fascinated by neurotransmitters and how they affect our brain, mood, and emotions since the 1980’s when I began working with drug addicts. Back then we heard mostly about endorphins released during exercise and then later on as studies began trying…